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HSSC Conference- Previous Conferences

HSSC 2019 Conference
February 9, 2019
California State University, Northridge

Co-sponsored by the History Department with support from the Whitsett Endowment.

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HSSC 2018 Conference
February 10, 2018
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

The 2018 conference theme was “From the Cold War to The Space Race: Science, Technology, And Society In Southern California.”

Thank you our sponsors:
History Department, Cal Poly Pomona
Institute for the Study of Los Angeles, Occidental College
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

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HSSC 2017 Conference
January 21, 2017
University of LaVerne

The 2017 conference theme was “World War II and the Homefront in Southern California.” The conference also included the presentation of the 2016 HSSC Awards.

Thank you to the sponsors of the conference:
Provost’s Office, University of La Verne, in celebration of the University’s 125th Anniversary
Dept. of History and Political Science, University of La Verne
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

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HSSC 2016 Conference
April 16, 2016
Occidental College

The 2016 conference theme was “Journalism in Southern California.” The conference included the presentation of the HSSC 2015 Awards.

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HSSC 2015 Conference
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Occidental College

The theme of the 2015 conference was “Religion and Culture in the Colonial Southwest.” The conference included the presentation of the HSSC awards.

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2012

“Latino Los Angeles”
Keynote: George Sanchez on “Latinos and the Los Angeles Dream”
Autry Museum of the American West

2011

“Los Angeles Renaissance: Redefining the Soul of a City. Thought Music and Imagery in a Momentous Quarter Century”
Keynote: Bill Deverell
Autry Museum of the American West

2009

“Southern California Collage: Backroads, Parklands, and Waterways”
Keynote: Greg Hise on “Landscape as History: Environment and City Building in Southern California”
Autry Museum of the American West

2005

“Look, Sip, and Groove: Sensory Paths to L.A. History”
Keynote: Janet Fireman on “Sensational Los Angeles”
Autry Museum of the American West

2004

“Hidden in Plain Sight: L.A. History Through Built Environment”
Keynote: Dana Cuff on “Lost in L.A.: Neighborhood Remnants of Architecture, Politics, and Daily Life”
Autry Museum of the American West

2003

“History as Biography: L.A. Lives Worth Knowing, 1940-1990”
Keynote: Becky Nicolaides on “It Took All Kinds: Exploring the History of Postwar Los Angeles”
Autry Museum of the American West

2002

“History as Biography: L.A. Lives Worth Knowing, 1900-1945”

2001

“History as Biography: L.A. Lives Worth Knowing, The 18th and 19th Centuries”
Keynote: Gloria R. Lothrop on “From Other Lands: Ethnic Angelenos Worth Knowing”

2000

“Los Angeles: City of the Future, 1950-2000”
Keynote: Martin Ridge on “Los Angeles, 1950-2000”
Autry Museum of the American West

1999

“Los Angeles: City of the Future, 1900-1950”
Keynote: Doyce Nunis, Jr., on “Los Angeles at Fifty in the Twentieth Century”
Autry Museum of the American West

1998

“The Arts: The Soul of the City”
Keynote: Nancy Moure on “Arts in Southern California”
Autry Museum of the American West

1997

“Uncovering the Past: Resources for Los Angeles History”
Keynote: Karen Stokes on “The Getty Research Institute Project: L.A. as Subject”
Autry Museum of the American West

1996

“Los Angeles History: Old Venues, New Vistas”
Keynote: Arthur Verge on “World War II as Pivot of Change”
Autry Museum of the American West

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